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California Scrub-Jay beside our driveway southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. Sept. 16, 2017.
Viewed: 6 times.
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| California Scrub-Jay in the birdbath near our kitchen window. Unfortunately, most of the birdbath was in the shade. This is only the second CASJ I have seen in our yard southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. Sept. 12, 2017
Viewed: 10 times.
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| Monarch on a zinnia in our garden southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. Sept. 11, 2017.
Viewed: 7 times.
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| Painted Lady on a zinnia in our garden southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. Sept. 11, 2017.
Viewed: 9 times.
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| Underside of the Painted Lady. Sept. 11, 2017.
Viewed: 6 times.
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| Swallow-tailed Gull at Carkeek Park in Seattle, WA, that was found by Ryan Merrill. This gull nests in Peru and, a few, in Columbia. If accepted, this is the first record for Washington and only the second accepted record in the United States. Aug. 31, 2017. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 76 times.
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Swallow-tailed Gull at Carkeek Park in Seattle, WA. This is the only noctural gull in the world. Note its large eyes, as is expected of a noctural species, compared to the eyes of the California Gulls in the photo. Aug. 31, 2017. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 54 times.
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| The start of the solar eclipse seen from northwest of Warm Springs, OR. Photo taken at 9:09 a.m., August 21, 2017.
Viewed: 34 times.
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| Photo #2 of the solar eclipse taken at 9:41 a.m. August 21, 2017.
Viewed: 29 times.
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| Photo #3 of the solar eclipse taken at 10:07 a.m. August 21, 2017.
Viewed: 29 times.
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| Photo #4 - Totality was too amazing to describe. Photo taken at 10:21 a.m. August 21, 2017. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 33 times.
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| Photo #5 as the sun was peaking through again. Photo taken at 10:39 a.m. August 21, 2017. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 27 times.
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Indigo Bunting found by Jason Fidorra along Audubon Road in the Wenas area northwest of Selah, WA. New addition to my Yakima County list! June 10, 2017.
Viewed: 72 times.
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| Female Black-headed Grosbeak at the Toppenish NWR headquarters southwest of Toppenish, WA. May 13, 2017.
Viewed: 87 times.
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| Horned Lark along Lewandowski Road north of Sunnyside, WA. April 23, 2017.
Viewed: 85 times.
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler in the Japanese maple tree outside our kitchen window at our house southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. April 16, 2017.
Viewed: 82 times.
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| Sandhill Cranes near Campbell Rd. and Marion Drain Rd. southwest of Toppenish, WA. April 9, 2017.
Viewed: 73 times.
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| Greater Yellowlegs in breeding plumage along Old Goldendale Rd. southwest of Toppenish, WA. April 9, 2017.
Viewed: 83 times.
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Great Horned Owl at the Toppenish NWR headquarters southwest of Toppenish, WA. April 9, 2017.
Viewed: 83 times.
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| Great Horned Owl owlets on the nest at the headquarters of the Toppenish NWR southwest of Toppenish, WA. April 9, 2017.
Viewed: 81 times.
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| Northern Mockingbird on St. Hillaire Rd. northeast of Moxee, WA. The homeowner said it had been there all winter. A NOMO was at the same residence in July 2011. April 3, 2017.
Viewed: 80 times.
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| Female Purple Finch at the Grassy Lake Nature Preserve in Olympia, WA. April, 2, 2017.
Viewed: 76 times.
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| Greater White-fronted Geese at the Terrance Heights Memorial Park, Yakima, WA. March 23, 2017.
Viewed: 78 times.
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| Great Horned Owl on its nest in a cottonwood tree along Old Goldendale Rd., Yakima County, WA. March 12, 2017.
Viewed: 70 times.
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Garter Snake swimming in the flood waters on the west side of Lateral A south of Harrah, WA. March 12, 2017.
Viewed: 76 times.
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| Album: Trip to Mexico January 2017 - Birds seen in California
Birds seen in California on our trip from Yakima, WA to San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico, January 2017
Changed: Mar 05, 2017.
Contains: 24 items.
Viewed: 418 times.
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| Album: Trip to Mexico in January 2017 - Birds seen in Arizona
Birds seen in Arizona on our trip from Yakima, WA to San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico, January 2017
Changed: Mar 10, 2017.
Contains: 27 items.
Viewed: 673 times.
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| Album: Trip to Mexico in January 2017 - Birds seen in Sonora, Mexico
Birds seen in Sonora, Mexico, January 2017
Changed: Sep 10, 2017.
Contains: 83 items.
Viewed: 600 times.
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| Harris's Sparrow, first found by John Hebert, at the Popoff Trail feeding station, Union Gap, WA. . Jan. 4, 2017.
Viewed: 254 times.
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| Another shot of the Harris's Sparrow at the Poppoff Trail feeding station in Union Gap, WA. Jan. 4, 2017.
Viewed: 211 times.
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Immature Snow Goose, found by Lamont McLachlan, in the Terrace Memorial Park in Yakima, WA. Dec. 27, 2016.
Viewed: 210 times.
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| Bohemian Waxwings, two of about 200, in the area of 40th Ave. and W. Nob Hill Blvd. in Yakima, WA. Dec. 27, 2016.
Viewed: 210 times.
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| Female Bufflehead at Port Hadlock near Port Townsend, WA. Dec. 24, 2016.
Viewed: 210 times.
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| Young Bald Eagle (basic/subadult I, lightly-marked type) along Marion Drain Rd. east of Hwy 97 south of Toppenish, WA. Dec. 17, 2016.
Viewed: 224 times.
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| Northern Harrier on Marion Drain Rd. east of Hwy 97 south of Toppenish, WA. Dec. 17, 2016.
Viewed: 232 times.
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| Female Varied Thrush at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Dec. 15, 2016.
Viewed: 221 times.
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet along the Poppoff Trail at the south end of the Yakima Greenway Pathway, Union Gap, WA. Dec. 11, 2016.
Viewed: 215 times.
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| Juvenile Cooper's Hawk along Lateral A south of Union Gap, WA. Dec. 3, 2016.
Viewed: 220 times.
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| The same juvenile Cooper's Hawk showing the "hackles" on the nape raised. Dec. 3, 2016.
Viewed: 204 times.
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| A pair of Red-tailed Hawks showing the size dimorphism between female (left) and male (right). The female is a dark rufous morph and the male is an adult dark rufous morph. They were at the Ahtanum Business Park in Union Gap, WA. Dec. 3, 2016.
Viewed: 243 times.
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| Light rufous morph Red-tailed Hawk along Lateral A south of Union Gap, WA. Dec. 3, 2016.
Viewed: 216 times.
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| Pacific Wren at Snow Mountain Ranch northwest of Yakima, WA. Dec. 2, 2016.
Viewed: 243 times.
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Varied Thrush at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 29, 2016.
Viewed: 256 times.
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| White-stripped White-throated Sparrow at the Yakima Area Arboretum feeding station, Yakima, WA. Nov. 23, 2016.
Viewed: 240 times.
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| First-winter Franklin's Gull on the roof of the Columbia Park Marina in Kennewick, WA. Nov. 16, 2016.
Viewed: 260 times.
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| Clark's Grebe just west of the Columbia Park Marina in Kennewick, WA. The pale sides and the eye in the white of the face can be seen even on this sleeping bird. Nov. 16, 2016.
Viewed: 250 times.
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| Slate-colored Junco at the bird feeding station in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 10, 2016.
Viewed: 256 times.
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| Tan-stripped White-throated Sparrow at the bird feeding station in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 10, 2016.
Viewed: 247 times.
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Another shot of the tan-stripped White-throated Sparrow at the bird feeding station in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 10, 2016.
Viewed: 251 times.
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| Possible Eastern Song Sparrow at the bird feeding station in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 10, 2016.
Viewed: 258 times.
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| Black-bellied Whistling Ducks in Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, TX. Nov. 4, 2016.
Viewed: 244 times.
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| Least Grebe (right) with a Pied-billed Grebe on a small pond on Parksville Way in Ceder Park, TX. Oct. 30, 2016.
Viewed: 268 times.
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| Snowy Egret along the Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, TX. Nov. 3, 2016.
Viewed: 250 times.
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| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Berry Springs Park, Georgetown, TX. Nov. 2, 2016.
Viewed: 254 times.
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